“Does this run on AC or does it have a DC motor? I understand that air purifiers that run on DC have a lower EMF (electro magnetic field), making DC-motor air purifiers safer.”
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Honeywell said that the fan in the 5300B uses an AC motor. The entire unit plugs directly into an 120VAC wall outlet. It reads like marketing hype. The rest of the question is devoid of necessary and sufficient room EM context to honestly address. It is abstracted from the reality of actual EM/RF room risks, so as to be academic with regard to safety. The AC wiring inside the walls is always radiating EM when the circuit is in use. Switched power supplies that convert AC to DC radiate EM. EM fields combine constructively and destructively, too. I hold the utmost regard for anyone who is medically diagnosed as (hyper) "electro-sensitive." So there is no disrespect intended or even implied here. The inverse square rule applies to all radiated EM/RF, whether from an AC or DC motor. How physically close do you expect to routinely be to a 5300B that maximally draws 167watts in Turbo mode? Will you use the 5300B continuously in Turbo mode, in order to HEPA filter 5 room volumes of air per hour, for medical reasons? The nearest I ever get to mine is 4 feet, which I suspect is a typical use case. I sleep in that same close proximity to my 5300B, without disturbance - which might be unusually close. Do you avoid LED lighting because of its radiated EM? If you use a hair drier, does it have a DC motor? What other EM radiating appliances will be in the same room and at what proximity to you, the 5300B? Where does the wall wiring run and have all wire splices/junctions been made to minimize radiated EM? Has that room been profiled for constructive & destructive (combined) EM zones? These are some concrete factors to address when assessing the electro-sensitive safety of any given room. If you can safely be close enough to a notebook computer to use it, then AC vs DC fan motor is an academic distinction that does not actually matter for electro-sensitivity. If/when motor type does matter, I would expend my efforts and energies on room EM zone profiling, optimal purifier placement and EM shielding, in that order. I hope this clarifies that EM safety is a bigger picture issue than AC vs DC fan motor.
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